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Ask a Manager Contents: - [update: I resist pressure to work long hours — but my coworkers don’t](#mctoc1) - [would you quit over your employer’s work-from-home policy?](#mctoc2) - [my employees prefer remote work but I don’t, feeling emotional about resigning, and more](#mctoc3) - [update: a client sent me a thank-you check as a way to avoid paying my boss](#mctoc4) [][][] update: I resist pressure to work long hours — but my coworkers don’t Jun 24, 2021 12:29 pm This post, [update: I resist pressure to work long hours — but my coworkers don’t]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager, where all month I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer who resisted pressure to work long hours — but their coworkers didn’t? Here’s the update. When I submitted my question to Ask a Manager, […] You may also like: - [update: my coworker is upset that I’m pregnant]( - [I resist pressure to work long hours -- but my coworkers don't]( - [my husband keeps contacting my coworkers about funding his nonprofit]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] would you quit over your employer’s work-from-home policy? Jun 24, 2021 10:59 am This post, [would you quit over your employer’s work-from-home policy?]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. Would you leave your job over its work-from-home policies? If you’ve been remote, would you consider leaving if your office required you to return? Or the opposite — if you’ve disliked working from home, would you consider leaving if that became permanent? There’s a narrative building in the media that we’re in a moment of […] You may also like: - [my company charges us PTO when we work from home while sick]( - [am I the only one excited to return to the office?]( - [am I being inflexible for not doing non-work things during work hours?]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] my employees prefer remote work but I don’t, feeling emotional about resigning, and more Jun 24, 2021 12:03 am This post, [my employees prefer remote work but I don’t, feeling emotional about resigning, and more]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I manage a team that prefers remote work — but I prefer working in-person My work is looking at returning to physical space in the fall and they are giving us a lot of leeway for remote/hybrid work (yay!). It does bring up an issue […] You may also like: - [bosses are panic-buying spy software to monitor remote workers]( - [can I apply for a temporarily remote job and then insist on remaining remote?]( - [how to negotiate remote work once you get a job offer]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] update: a client sent me a thank-you check as a way to avoid paying my boss Jun 23, 2021 01:59 pm This post, [update: a client sent me a thank-you check as a way to avoid paying my boss]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager, where all month I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer whose client sent her a thank-you check as a way to avoid paying her boss (first update here, second update here, and third […] You may also like: - [my boss mooches off me while I'm living paycheck to paycheck]( - [a client sent me a thank-you check as a way to avoid paying my boss]( - [my former employer is requiring me to return to finalize my resignation -- after I already left]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( Getting too many emails? [Switch to a weekly version instead](. Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Copyright © 2021 Ask A Manager, All rights reserved. You're receiving this email because you signed up for my email list at askamanager.org. Our mailing address is: Ask A Manager askamanager.orgWashington, DC 20002 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences](